Overland Mail (1939 film)

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Overland Mail
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Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced byRobert Emmett Tansey
Starring Jack Randall
Vince Barnett
Dennis Moore
Cinematography Bert Longenecker
Edited by Robert Golden
Music by Frank Sanucci
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • November 16, 1939 (1939-11-16)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Overland Mail is a 1939 American western film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Randall, Vince Barnett and Dennis Moore. [1] It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures which specialized in low-budget second features, particularly westerns.

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Plot

Two overland mail riders discover that a Native American uprising is likely due to the death of one of the tribe at the hands of townspeople. They discover that a gang of counterfeiters are behind the murder and turn over their leader to the Indian chief.

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References

  1. Pitts p.242

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